PB 20 03 Alpert Group Signed Resolution

4, The applicant is proposing to construct a five-story mixed-use building with 94 dwelling units. The ground floor is proposed to include 3,533 square feet of commercial space, as well as office, utility, amenity and lobby space for the residential use; and 10 dwelling units. Eighty-four dwelling units (21 units per floor) are proposed on the upper four stories of the building. The breakdown of unit types is 49 one-bedroom units and 45 two-bedroom units. 5. The building’s design is similar to the adjacent developments constructed by related entities of the applicant to the east in West Orange and Orange. Brick veneer and decorative masonry will be provided on the ground floor facade on Central Avenue and in some other locations on the building, with the decorative masonry extending around up onto the second story facade around the building’s front entrance. Fiber cement panels and faux wood aluminum panels are proposed on most of the other facade areas on the building, along with what would appear to be vertical corrugated metal. 6. A total of 133 parking spaces are proposed, inclusive of 31 compact spaces and five handicap spaces. Vehicular access will be provided by one two-way driveway on Central Avenue and one two-way driveway on Mitchell Street. Pedestrian entrances to the commercial spaces and the residential lobby are proposed on Central Avenue, as is a sidewalk next to the Central Avenue driveway. A bicycle rack is provided along this sidewalk. A sidewalk is proposed adjacent to the eastern property line on the southern portion of the site to provide access to Mitchell Street. 7. The Applicant has added an electric vehicle charging station-ready parking space to the site plan 8. Contamination on the site from prior uses is being remediated and the project requires New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection approvals due to its location partially in a flood hazard area. As the subject property was previously developed and is being redeveloped as a “brownfield” site, the applicant requested being able to submit a limited environmental impact statement (EIS). 9. Certain design features are described in the limited environmental impact statement (EIS), including elevating the residential component of the building at least one foot above the maximum flood hazard area design flood elevation (FHADFE), flood proofing the commercial and other

ment (EIS), including elevating the residential component of the building at least one foot above the maximum flood hazard area design flood elevation (FHADFE), flood proofing the commercial and other portions of the building below the FHADFE and elevating a portion of the building to allow flood waters underneath. 10. The Applicant plans to enter into an agreement with the Township of West Orange in which the Township will be provided with twenty-two (22) parking spots on the Applicant's lot. 11. The Applicant has agreed to conform the "18 Central" vertical sign to the specifications of the Harvard Printing building to the east. 12. The number of parking spaces exceeds the minimum required in order to provide public parking for the Valley area, as well as for an affordable housing project being developed on Tompkins Street by a related entity to the Applicant. 13. Requests for the Applicant to provide a pedestrian connection from the sidewalk next to the parking area to the Mitchell Street sidewalk and outdoor bicycle parking were addressed.